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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

Life in an American mental institution as told by Broom Bromden, a half-indian who is driven to feign being deaf and dumb for many years in order to survive the rigours and traumas of institutional life.

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  • "This is the classic story of Randle Patick McMurphy, a criminal who feigns insanity and is admitted to a mental hospital where he challenges the autocratic authority of the head nurse."
  • "Life in an American mental institution as told by Broom Bromden, a half-indian who is driven to feign being deaf and dumb for many years in order to survive the rigours and traumas of institutional life."@en
  • "Set in the bleak confines of a state mental hospital and narrated by a half-Indian patient named Chief Bromden, this is the story of a titanic battle of wills between Big Nurse, who rules her ward with iron discipline, and Randle Patrick McMurphy, a lustful, brawling, life-loving new inmate who refuses to knuckle under to Big Nurses's soul-destroying methods. Originally published in 1962."@en
  • ""Feigning insanity to get out of weeding peas on a penal farm, freewheeling Randall Patrick McMurphy enters a psychiatric hospital. But his little joke on the system lands him in the care of Nurse Ratched, a tyrannical head nurse who rules her patients with chilling authority. Appalled by her power, McMurphy begins a risky one-man campaign to wreak havoc in her well-run ward"--Container."@en
  • "A mordant, wickedly subversive parable set in a mental ward, the novel chronicles the head-on collision between its hell-raising, life-affirming hero Randle Patrick McMurphy and the totalitarian rule of Big Nurse. McMurphy swaggers into the mental ward like a blast of fresh air and turns the place upside down, starting a gambling operation, smuggling in wine and women, and egging on the other patients to join him in open rebellion. But McMurphy's revolution against Big Nurse and everything she stands for quickly turns from sport to a fierce power struggle with shattering results."@en
  • "Presents the quintessential novel of the 1960's renegade--with its moral and social truths, and rebellion in the face of emasculating authority."@en
  • "McMurphy, a criminal who feigns insanity, is admitted to a mental hospital where he challenges the autocratic authority of the head nurse."@en
  • "McMurphy, a criminal who feigns insanity, is admitted to a mental hospital where he challenges the autocratic authority of the head nurse."
  • "The story of inmates fighting back against authority in a mental asylum ward run by a cruel nurse."@en
  • "The story of a man whose rebelliousness pits him against the head nurse of a mental ward and the full spectrum of institutional repression.--"
  • "Feigning insanity to get out of weeding peas on a penal farm, freewheeling Randall Patrick McMurphy enters a psychiatric hospital. But his little joke on the system lands him in the care of Nurse Ratched--a tyrannical head nurse who rules her patients with chilling authority. Appalled by her power, McMurphy begins a risky one-man campaing to wreak havoc in her well-run ward."@en
  • "Randle P. McMurphy, a free spirited con with lightning in his veins and glib on his tongue, fakes insanity so he doesn't have to spend time in the pen. His rebelliousness pits him against the head nurse of the mental ward and the full spectrum of institutional repression."
  • "This novel is the story of life inside a mental hospital told by a half-Indian who has chosen to protect himself from the many cruelities of the institution and its inmates by pretending to be deaf and mute."
  • "Life in a mental hospital as told by Broom Bromden, a native Indian driven to feign being deaf and dumb in order to survive. He is a spectator to the struggle between the ward's head nurse and the male patients."@en
  • "Into the sanitised tedium of the mental ward walks Randall Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, life loving new inmate who vows to rebel against the tyrannical Big Nurse. While all the patients are resigned to to safe secure existence McMurphy recognizes that it's time for a change and he sets about stirring things up."@en
  • "McMurphy is a boisterous, brawling, fun-loving fighter who swaggers into the ward of a mental hospital and challenges the dictatorship of Big Nurse. Spirit and will struggle against power and authority in a contest between these two people."@en
  • "Life in a mental hospital as told by Broom Bromden, a native Indian driven to feign being deaf and dumb in order to survive. He is a spectator to the struggle between the ward's head nurse and the male patients. Strong language."@en
  • "He's a boisterous, brawling, fun-loving rebel who swaggers into the ward of a mental hospital and takes over. He's a lusty, profane, life-loving fighter who rallies the other patients around him by challenging the dictatorship of Big Nurse. He promotes gambling in the ward, smuggles in wine and women; at every turn, he openly defies her rule. The contest starts as sport (with McMurphy taking bets on the outcome) but soon it develops into a grim struggle for the minds and hearts of the men, into an all-out war between two relentless opponents: Big Nurse, backed by the full power of authority ... McMurphy, who has only his own indomitable will."@en
  • "He's a boisterous, brawling, fun-loving rebel who swaggers into the ward of a mental hospital and takes over. He's a lusty, profane, life-loving fighter who rallies the other patients around him by challenging the dictatorship of Big Nurse. He promotes gambling in the ward, smuggles in wine and women; at every turn, he openly defies her rule. The contest starts as sport (with McMurphy taking bets on the outcome) but soon it develops into a grim struggle for the minds and hearts of the men, into an all-out war between two relentless opponents: Big Nurse, backed by the full power of authority... McMurphy, who has only his own indomitable will."
  • "Ken Kesey's story of life in a state mental hospital is a classic of American literature."@en

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  • "Psykiske problemer"
  • "Samfundskritik og -satire"
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  • "Satire"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Medical novels"@en
  • "Medical novels"
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  • "Drama"
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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
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  • "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest"@en
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  • "One flew over the cuckoo's nest"@en
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  • "One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest"
  • "One flew over the cuckoo's nest [abridged]"@en
  • "One flew over the cuckoo's nest a novel"@en

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